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.TH VLC 1 "May 19, 2002"
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.SH NAME
vlc, gvlc, gnome-vlc, qvlc \- The VideoLAN Client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vlc
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.RI [ PARAMETERS ]
.RI [ ITEMS ]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B vlc
, a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD player.
.SH ITEMS
.B vlc
recognizes several URL-style items:
.TP
.B *.mpg, *.vob
Plain MPEG-1/2 files
.B *.avi
AVI files, such as DivX movies
.TP
.B dvd:[<device>][@<raw device>][@[<title>][,[<chapter>][,<angle>]]]
DVD device (for instance dvd:/dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and
must have been prepared beforehands.
.TP
.B vcd:<device>
VCD device (for instance dvd:/dev/cdrom).
.TP
.B udpstream:[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
UDP stream, such as one sent by VideoLAN Server or VideoLAN miniserver.
Usually "udpstream:" is enough.
.TP
.B vlc:<command>
Execute a play-list command. Commands are :
.B loop
(loop the playlist),
.B pause
(pause execution of other items), and
.B quit
(close VLC).
.SH OPTIONS
.B vlc
follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
For a precise description of options, please use "vlc --help".

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR vls (1), vlms (1)
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.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).